Improved trace-supporting stud



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i JOSIAHLnTcHwonTr-i, or BUrrAL-c, NEW YORK.

`12mm Patent No. 105,700, zaad July 26, 1870.

`IlillPRO'VIEID TRACE-SUPPORTING STUD.

. AThe Schedule referred to in these ,Lietters Patent and making part of the same.

I, J osIAHL'nTonwon'rH, of the city of Buffalo, in

,the county of Elie andlState of New York, have in- .flatter are not connected with the whiletree, so as to support and keep the traces off of the ground whether the harness is onor ol'of the animal.

The invention consists in constructingthe upper end 'ofsnch central projecting studl in the shape of a hook,

arranged in a particular manner, with the rod, of which it is composed, made of such cross-sectional form as to conform, more or less, withA the shape ofthe open-,i ving in the cock-eye; so that, when .the latter is arranged over `the stud, and hasassuined its natural position, its accidental displacement therefrom is rendered almost impossible, as will hereinafter be more fully explained. l n

In `the `accompanying drawing-f Fi'gnrel is a sectional elevation of my improved article' I I y Figure-II ist pamand ,A j p -4 j Figure III a crosssection of the hook, in line x x, FifnI. y ,f iike letters ofV reference designate like parts in each `.ofthe-figures. j i C A isthe plate forming the `body of the device, theA outer `edge of Vwhich. is provided withlloops,a a a a, or other suitable means, for connecting therewith the backstrap, crnpper, and hip or lazy-straps, which interse'ct atthis point,`and are commonly attached to a.

simple ring.

B is the central upwardly-projecting stud or catch,

2 the upper `end of which is made inthe form of a hook,

constructed and arranged in thepeculiar manner shown.

This hook is made of a form and size, in cross-sect tion, to more orless nearly correspond' with theopening in the'cock-eye, as lshown in Fig. III, 'aLnd has a spur,c, projecting upward from the top or bottom.

The device is arranged with the point d of the hook in front, or toward the animals head, and the shoulder or projection e at the rear. The shank c', below this projection, should be made round, and of s uiii cient`h'eight to permit of the armnge'ment thereon,

one above the other, of the two cock-eyes.

The stud may be cast separate from the plate A, and then be attachedthereto by riveting, or inany other suitable manner. t

y The device being constructed and arranged as -just described, the engagement therewith of the cock-eye,

vat theend of'v the trace, is effected by taking hold of' the trace, .with the cock-eye toward the head ofthe animal, and parsing it over the hook in an obvious manner, the inner and contracted end of the opening in the cock-eye corresponding, when 4inths position, with the tapering outer end and back portion of the hook. Letting go the hold'of the'trace, its gravity will cause the cock-eye to make a quarter revolution, so as to bring the shoulder e in a position to engage with the side of the cock-eye, and ,thus retain it in place at the rear, while the point of the hook prevents. displacement at the front, the disengagement of the cock-eye being possible 'onlywhen in the position in which the conuectionwas effected,- which is the one it is the least likely to accidentally assume; anderen vshould it obtain this position, it must be retained in the same unnatural relative arrangement until it has passed the crown of' the hook. Otherwise; it will be arrested by the spur c, and its furtherdisplacemeut prevented. y

What I claim as my invention, is-

` The arrangement, with the casting A, provided with`l loops a, of the hook made-of cross-sectional form to correspond with the opening in -the cock-eye, the shoulder c and spur c projecting upward from the crown of the hook, as and for the purpose hereinbe 

